Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines for South-Eastern Queensland and Far North-Eastern New South Wales

Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines For South-Eastern Queensland and far North-Eastern New South Wales Glossy Black Conservancy 2010 2 Notice To Users Of This Document Copyright and Reproduction This document is subject to copyright pursuant to the Copyright Act 1968. Requests and inquiries regarding reproduction should be addressed to the email address: [email protected] Copies of this document are available at: www.glossyblack.org.au Please cite as: Glossy Black Conservancy (2010) Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines for South-Eastern Queensland and Far North-Eastern New South Wales. Glossy Black Conservancy. Purpose of Document The Glossy Black Conservancy has produced these Conservation Guidelines in its capacity as a collaborative NGO for the purpose of facilitating the management and conservation of the Glossy Black-Cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus lathami lathami) in south-eastern Queensland and far north- eastern New South Wales (the ‘Specified Purpose’). 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This document is supplied on the basis that while the Glossy Black Conservancy believes all the information in it is deemed reliable at the time of publication, it does not warrant its accuracy or completeness and to the full extent allowed by law excludes liability in contract, tort or otherwise, for any loss or damage sustained by any person or body corporate arising from or in connection with the supply or use of the whole or any part of the information in this document through any cause whatsoever. Signed on behalf of Date: 23 August 2010 The Glossy Black Conservancy Adrian Caneris Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines For South-Eastern Queensland and far North-Eastern New South Wales 2010 3 Executive Summary The Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami (GBC) is a rare and threatened cockatoo that is listed as a Vulnerable bird species under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992 and New South Wales Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Past coastal development and clearance of suitable feeding habitat for agriculture have reduced its range and substantially reduced its overall abundance. South-eastern Queensland (SEQ) and far north-eastern New South Wales (NE NSW) have some of the most significant populations of GBC in Australia, in areas that are still experiencing rapid growth in urban development, yet currently no integrated protection program exists for the GBC in SEQ and NE NSW. To address this deficiency, the Glossy Black Conservancy (the Conservancy) was formed in 2005 as a partnership between government, community groups and business to facilitate the management and conservation of GBC in the region. A major focus for the Conservancy has been the collaborative development of this Conservation Guidelines document that summarises the ecology, threats and appropriate research and management actions for addressing the conservation needs of the GBC.The principal guidelines are to: 1. Identify and conserve feeding habitat. High priority actions include developing a habitat suitability map for GBC in SEQ and NE NSW to include in future Biodiversity Planning Assessments undertaken at State level, identifying the habitat management requirements for maintaining sufficient areas of feeding habitat, and protecting feeding habitat from land clearing and tree removal through the development approval process; 2. Identify new nest sites, monitor the use of known nest sites, and protect nest sites and suitable nesting habitat through the development approval process and the range of incentives available for conservation on private land; 3. Encourage ecological research on the GBC, particularly its movements and use of the broader landscape, and the fire responses of its principal feed tree species; 4. Survey GBC populations on a regular basis to monitor population trends, recruitment, and distribution; 5. Promote and facilitate community interest and understanding of GBC habitat requirements and conservation; 6. Promote and facilitate community participation in GBC conservation; and 7. Adopt a strategic planning approach to GBC conservation at the local and regional level by maintaining the Conservancy and implementing the recommended actions as resources permit. The guidelines are accompanied by a summary of current statutory and policy frameworks relevant to GBC conservation. Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines For South-Eastern Queensland and far North-Eastern New South Wales 2010 4 List of Figures Figure 2.1: Distribution ranges of the three subspecies of Glossy Black-Cockatoo in Australia. Figure 2.2: Historical sighting reports of Glossy Black-Cockatoo locations from the Gold Coast, SEQ. Compiled from Gold Coast City Council, WildNet (DERM), Glossy Black Conservancy and Griffith University data (Castley & Stock, unpublished). List of Abbreviations CITES Convention on International Trade In Endangered Species DERM Queensland Department of Environment and Resource Management GBC Glossy Black-Cockatoo Govt Government LGA Local Government Area NE NSW Far North-eastern New South Wales NGO Non-Government Organisation NSW New South Wales Qld Queensland RE Regional Ecosystem RTBC Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo SEQ South-eastern Queensland Uni. University YTBC Yellow-tailed Black-Cockatoo Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines For South-Eastern Queensland and far North-Eastern New South Wales 2010 5 Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines For South-Eastern Queensland and far North-Eastern New South Wales 1. Introduction 6 1.1 Document background 6 1.2 Objectives 6 1.3 Stakeholders 7 2. Species profile 7 2.1 Species and subspecies descriptions 7 2.2 Confusing species 9 2.3 Conservation status 9 2.4 Distribution and population size 11 2.5 Ecology 12 2.6 Threats 16 3. Conservation goals and guidelines 18 3.1 Conservation goals 18 3.2 Conservation guidelines 18 4. References 25 Appendix 1: A30 Summary of current statutory and policy frameworks relevant to GBC conservation at international, national, state and local government (SEQ and NE NSW) levels Appendix 2: A37 Offset principles Appendix 3: A38 Relevant contacts Glossy Black-Cockatoo Conservation Guidelines For South-Eastern Queensland and far North-Eastern New South Wales 2010 6 Introduction 1. Introduction This Conservation Guidelines document has been developed collaboratively over a one-year period. 1.1 Document Background A first draft was developed by key Conservancy The Glossy Black-Cockatoo Calyptorhynchus lathami partners and circulated in early 2009 to all partners (GBC) is a rare and threatened species restricted to for comment. A revised second draft, circulated to eastern and south-eastern Australia. It is currently all Conservancy partners in early November 2009, listed as Vulnerable under the Queensland Nature formed the background to individual feedback Conservation Act 1992 and New South Wales meetings between a Conservancy coordinator and Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. South- representatives of each of the city and regional eastern Queensland (SEQ) and far north-eastern council partners in the Conservancy, and a meeting New South Wales (NE NSW) have some of the most with a Queensland Department of Environment and significant populations of GBC in Australia. Although Resource Management (DERM) representative. Council there have been a number of local conservation representatives involved in these meetings included staff initiatives, particularly on the Moreton Bay islands, from the planning, development assessment, parks, currently no integrated protection programs exist for community partnerships, and environment sections. the GBC in SEQ and NE NSW (e.g. recovery plans, The outcomes of these meetings were presented at breeding programs, population monitoring). This a two-day workshop (2-3 December 2009) involving represents

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